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Evidence That Practitioners Err in Administering and Scoring the WAIS-R.
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1993
Conducted study to examine whether practitioners err in administering and scoring Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Obtained WAIS-R protocols from 50 randomly selected psychological folders in records of 1 school district. Found that practitioners committed errors on all 50 protocols. Errors on 27 of 50 protocols were sufficient…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Intelligence Tests, Scoring
Practitioners' Administration and Scoring of the WISC-R: Evidence That We Do Err.
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Slate, John R.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1992
Analyzed 56 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised protocols completed by 1 certified and 8 licensed practitioners to examine administration and scoring mistakes. Observed numerous mistakes (failure to record examinee responses, assigning too few or too many points to answers, inappropriate questioning, and failure to obtain correct…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Error Patterns, Examiners, Intelligence Tests
Identifying Students' Errors in Administering the WAIS-R.
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Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1990
Investigated specific problem caused by traditional method of teaching students to administer Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Analysis of 180 protocols by 26 graduate students revealed average of 8.8 mistakes per protocol. When errors were corrected, 81 percent of Full Scale intelligence quotients were changed. Students' performance…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Student Error in Administering the WISC-R: Identifying Problem Areas.
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Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Investigated most frequent types of examiner errors made by graduate students (n=26) in administering Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and examined on which items these mistakes were most likely to occur. Findings identified deficiencies in traditional methods of teaching students how to administer the WISC-R. Students…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Examiners, Graduate Students, Higher Education